# Botticelli, February 2014

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [February 2, 2014, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337 "2014-02-02T06:47:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 28

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2014, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/541 "2014-03-01T04:31:26Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> 1.Real  
> 2.Male  
> 3. Living

More DQ info

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2014, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/542 "2014-03-01T04:36:34Z")

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Previous IQs:

Are you a wealthy businessman referred to in the movie _Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid_? - E.H. Harriman  
Are you a later relative of his who became a governor, senior Federal official and diplomat? - Averill Harriman  
Are you an intelligent, strong and good dog from _The Silmarillion_? - Huan

DQs:

American?  
Last name start with H?  
Born since 1950?

IQs:

Did you get your picture taken with a famous actress and a piano?  
Did Kinchloe and LeBeau work with you?  
Did Carol Burnett provide the voice of your nemesis?

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2014, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/543 "2014-03-01T05:28:07Z")

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Shoulda got Averill!

3 DQs

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2014, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/544 "2014-03-01T05:30:09Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> 1.Real  
> 2.Male  
> 3.Living  
> 4.American  
> 5.Last initial “H”  
> 6.Born after 1950

More DQs

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2014, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/545 "2014-03-01T13:23:47Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Are you Hawkman’s alter ego?
> 2. Did you hang out with the Bowery Boys?
> 3. Are you the Love Bug?

> [@etv78](#):
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> Should know #2 but 3 DQs

#1 is either Carter Hall or Katar Hol, depending on which version you’re choosing.  
#2 is Huntz Hall.  
#3 is Herbie (from the Disney movie series)

DQs:

1. Known for the Arts, creative or performing?
2. Born after 1970?

I’ll reserve the third DQ for now.

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2014, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/546 "2014-03-01T17:26:50Z")

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1.Real  
2.Male  
3.American  
4.Born after 1950  
5.Last initial “H”  
6.Born after 1970  
7.In Arts, but as himself

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/547 "2014-03-01T19:56:04Z")

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DQ: On TV?

IQs:

1. Were you a newsman partnered with David Brinkley?
2. Were you the first heroic comic book muck-monster?
3. Did your mother write _Heartbreak Hotel_?

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2014, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/548 "2014-03-01T20:24:50Z")

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Not Chet Huntley. 2 DQs

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2014, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/549 "2014-03-01T20:25:56Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> 1.Real  
> 2.Male  
> 3.American  
> 4.Born after 1950  
> 5.Last initial “H”  
> 6.Born after 1970  
> 7.In Arts, but as himself  
> 8.Appears on TV

Another DQ

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2014, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/550 "2014-03-01T22:56:51Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> DQ: On TV?
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> IQs:
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> 1. Were you a newsman partnered with David Brinkley?
> 2. Were you the first heroic comic book muck-monster?
> 3. Did your mother write _Heartbreak Hotel_?

> [@etv78](#):
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> Not Chet Huntley. 2 DQs

Right about Chet. #2 was The Heap (1940’s). #3 was Country & Western artist Hoyt Axton.

DQ: On a reality show?

I’ll save the others.

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2014, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/551 "2014-03-01T23:09:35Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> 1.Real  
> 2.Male  
> 3.American  
> 4.Born after 1950  
> 5.Last initial “H”  
> 6.Born after 1970  
> 7.In Arts, but as himself  
> 8.Appears on TV  
> 9.Though not on reality show

Up to date DQ info

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2014, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/552 "2014-03-02T01:17:26Z")

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Previous IQs:

Did you get your picture taken with a famous actress and a piano? Harry Truman, at the Natl. Press Club for an impromptu photo with Lauren Bacall: [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/\_ODS-pIOBSPw/TQ0sOmMkgHI/AAAAAAAAEMs/xtgJNWbdv7I/s400/bacall-truman-piano.jpg](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ODS-pIOBSPw/TQ0sOmMkgHI/AAAAAAAAEMs/xtgJNWbdv7I/s400/bacall-truman-piano.jpg)  
Did Kinchloe and LeBeau work with you? - Col. Hogan, in _Hogan’s Heroes_  
Did Carol Burnett provide the voice of your nemesis? - The bossy kangaroo who messed with Horton, in the recent animated movie _Horton Hears A Who_

DQs:

Actor?  
Born east of the Miss. River?  
Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line?

IQs:

Did you famously appear in a black dress held together by pins?  
Were you a lovable sf rascal?  
Are you credited with designing an early American flag?

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2014, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/553 "2014-03-02T01:54:37Z")

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EH-3 DQs

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2014, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/554 "2014-03-02T02:05:06Z")

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DQ: On a competition show (such as Dancing With The Stars or The Voice)?

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2014, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/555 "2014-03-02T02:05:59Z")

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1.Real  
2.Male  
3.American  
4.Born after 1950  
5.Last initial is “H”  
6.Born after 1970  
7.In the Arts, though as himself  
8.Appears on TV  
9.Though not on a Reality show  
10.Not an actor  
11.Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line  
12.Born east of the Mississippi River

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2014, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/556 "2014-03-02T15:20:48Z")

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DQ: On a competition show (such as Dancing With The Stars or The Voice)?

IQs:

1. Are you Dame Edna Everage, possum?
2. Did you write _The House of Seven Gables_?
3. Did you write _Theogony_?

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2014, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/557 "2014-03-02T15:44:00Z")

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3 DQs

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2014, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/558 "2014-03-02T15:45:38Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
>
> 1.Real  
> 2.Male  
> 3.American  
> 4.Born after 1950  
> 5.Last initial is “H”  
> 6.Born after 1970  
> 7.In the Arts, though as himself  
> 8.Appears on TV  
> 9.Though not on a Reality show  
> 10.Not an actor  
> 11.Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line  
> 12.Born east of the Mississippi River  
> 13.Not on competition show

More DQ answers

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/559 "2014-03-02T18:22:09Z")

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Previous IQs:

Did you famously appear in a black dress held together by pins? - Elizabeth Hurley: [http://www.lookwhatwefoundtoday.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/hurley\_embed\_1595192a.jpg](http://www.lookwhatwefoundtoday.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/hurley_embed_1595192a.jpg)  
Were you a lovable sf rascal? - Harcourt Fenton Mudd, on the original _Star Trek_.  
Are you credited with designing an early American flag? - Francis Hopkinson.

DQs:

Best known for comedy?  
Hosts a TV show?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Were you the first female U.S. Cabinet officer?  
Were you born in London but raised in Cleveland?  
Was Ol’ Golly your confidante?

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2014, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/560 "2014-03-02T18:59:59Z")

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Not France’s Perkins. 2 DQs

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